eNetworking 101: The Blog: Blog post: TWITTER TOOLBOX: 60+ Twitter Tools

Why people like Twitter can be difficult to describe as well as what you can do with it. Twitter describes itself this way:

Twitter is a community of friends and strangers from around the world sending updates about moments in their lives. Friends near or far can use Twitter to remain somewhat close while far away. Curious people can make friends. Bloggers can use it as a mini-blogging tool.

The key is that the messages sent through Twitter are 140 characters or less, so these are compact messages, not long ramblings.

Today, I exchanged public and private "tweets" with a consultant who was wondering about creating a cancellation policy for her workshops. She posted a public tweet asking if anyone had a policy and I responded publicly, then privately with more details. The information exchange was quick and to the point...and timely.

If you're using Twitter and wondering what else you can do with it, you might want to cheek out this list of Twitter tools. I installed TwitterFox yesterday and really like it. Better than another add-on I tried earlier. And today I used Twittersearch to locate mentions of Alton Brown. Someone is posting links to his Thanksgiving recipes (as I learned from another person on Twitter) and I wanted to see them. Voila, there they were!